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? CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ? ORDINANCE NO. 2013 -11 BY: Council Members Brossard, Schumann & Barker AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND RE-ESTABLISHING SECTION 505.16 ENTITLED "VICIOUS AND DANGEROUS ANIMALS" OF CHAPTER FIVE OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED IN ORDER TO ADD SPECIFIC CONTAINMENT AND RESTRAINT REQUIREMENTS AND TO SUBSTITUTE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR DUTIES PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO THE ANIMAL WARDEN, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, following consolidation and reassignment of duties, the City of North Olmsted has left the position of Animal Warden vacant; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding the vacancy, the Codified Ordinances continue to reference the duties and authorities of such Animal Warden; and WHEREAS, Section 505.16 of the General Offenses Code provides for the Animal Warden to conduct hearings and render determinations regarding vicious and dangerous animals, including containment, fencing and containment requirements; and WHEREAS, in order to promote and provide for the public health, safety and general welfare of all citizens and to protect residents from vicious and dangerous animals, the Administration recommends that Section 505.16 be amended to provide specific containment requirements and to enable the Director of Public Safety to control vicious and dangerous animals; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council, upon the recommendations of the Administration, to amend and re-establish Section 505.16 of the General Offenses Code. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 505.16 "Vicious and Dangerous Animals" which presently reads in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached to this Ordinance and incorporated by reference as if fully rewritten herein, shall be amended and, as amended, shall read in its entirety as such amendments are displayed by boldface and as stricken in Exhibit B. SECTION 2: That any ordinance, or part of ordinance, in conflict or inconsistent with this Ordinance, is, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency, repealed. Conflicting or inconsistent provisions of any Ordinance shall be corrected at re-codification. SECTION 3: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and further